All Stories from January 31, 2014 (Change date)
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More at stake than custody in engrossing 'Luna Gale'Jan 31, 2014 5:00 am - Between a rock and a hard place. That's where veteran social worker Caroline finds herself in Rebecca Gilman's exceptional "Luna Gale," in its superbly acted, astutely...
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Shooting fails Montini against Whitney YoungJan 31, 2014 4:52 am - You know something is up when Montini struggles with its 3-point shooting. On Friday night in Lombard, that something was the Whitney Young defense. “That can’t happen,...
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Suburban spots, city events help you get in the Olympic spiritJan 31, 2014 4:45 am - Not able to travel to Russia to see the Winter Olympics? Join (most of) the rest of us. But tuning in to watch the games on TV when they begin Feb. 6 in Sochi isn't the ...
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A touch of red helps global art market boomJan 31, 2014 4:45 am - LONDON — Want to sell that masterpiece for a fortune? It might help if it’s red. That’s just one trend from an art market that has come roaring back from the global fina...
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Monarch butterflies' migration to Mexico disappearingJan 31, 2014 4:45 am - MEXICO CITY — The stunning and little-understood annual migration of millions of Monarch butterflies to spend the winter in Mexico is in danger of disappearing, experts ...
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'A turning point:' Events mark Beatles' anniversaryJan 31, 2014 4:45 am - Louise Harrison is among the lucky few who can say she was there when her "kid brother's band" (better known as the Beatles) made its smashing debut on "The Ed Sullivan ...
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Super Sunday: Football funday is finally hereJan 31, 2014 4:45 am - The biggest day on the NFL calendar is here, the virtual holiday known as Super Bowl Sunday. This year's championship game, airing at 5:30 p.m. on Fox, pits veteran QB P...
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Philomena Lee, U.S. lawmaker push adoption rightsJan 31, 2014 4:30 am - WASHINGTON — Philomena Lee wistfully described losing her son to adoption and her search for him 50 years later, a quest depicted in the Oscar-nominated film starring aw...
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Kirk thinks 'Petey' Roskam could be a fine U.S. House speakerJan 31, 2014 4:30 am - U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk of Highland Park thinks his fellow Republican, U.S. Rep. Peter Roskam of Wheaton, could have a shot at being speaker of the U.S. House one day. Here'...
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Kane sheriff candidates would take different first stepsJan 31, 2014 4:30 am - The two candidates for the Republican nomination for Kane County sheriff have more than five combined decades of experience between them. If elected, Kevin Williams and ...